Okay, so I know most of us saw the trailer by now where Ventus is meeting with Emphemer and Skuld. How the hell could Ventus be there? I actually came up with a very interesting theory that connects to KH2 and other theories.

 

Just an important note, I haven't completed Unchained X yet, only on quest 425 so bare with me here if I have details wrong. I'm gonna give my broad theory then add little details and thoughts to it in a second part.

 

Okay so here it is: Ventus is originally from the Age of Fairytales. How is this possible you ask? Ventus was kept in the pod that was used on Sora during his year's sleep before KH2. How?

 

Well, during Unchained, Ira realized that no matter what things were going to shit. What did he do? In order to preserve the Keyblade and the light, Ira created a facility with special pods to preserve Keyblade wilelders for large amounts of time. Ventus ended up in one of these pods where he was kept for thousands of years until the facility ends up becoming what we know as the haunted mansion in Twilight Town and ends up being discovered by Master Xehanort before BBS.

 

That's the broad theory. Here I go into possible thoughts and details that may or may not be true. Bear with me on this part as I again haven't caught up yet in Unchained.

 

Okay, Ira created the pods because as insurance to keep the light alive if things went south. If Ira survived the war (which I don't know since I haven't caught up yet) he could've took Ventus in as an apprentice since Ventus could've been in his Union and as a result he knew Ventus well and knew he hadn't potential especially as a Dandelion. As things are getting progressively worse even after the war, Ira fears the possibility of the keyblades being lost and forgotten in a future. As a result, he wants to place Ven, in a pod to continue on the legacy. Ventus doesn't want to go as he doesn't want to abandon his friends, so Ira fights him to take him by force. This could've wrecked the entire mansion which is why all the furniture in KH2 is wrecked since Ven fought so hard to escape.

Ven was placed in this pod and preserved for thousands of years. The reason why he didn't age like Sora did could simply be because DiZ modified the technology when he took over the mansion.

 

Then Xehanort finds Ventus. Ventus, trusting Xehanort who was a Keyblade master, told him all about the Keyblade War how he witnessed it. This really peaked Xehanort's interested in the war, as it gave him way more information than what he read especially since he was hearing it from an eye witness. Since he didn't want anyone knowing this information, he whiped Ven's memories of the war that way he can't tell anyone else or try to stop him when he uses Ven to create the X-Blade. Then BBS happens and yada yada yada.

 

Why did I think of this? Well, in KH 2 there's a lot of interesting things. Firstly, we have no idea what is the story behind the mansion. Secondly, it has a plethora of unicorn symbols, from statues and sigils. Who is known for Unicorns? Ira; the Master of Unicornis.

 

Also, it's specifically stated in KH2 that the pods were used once before! If you boot up any sort of copy of KH2 and examine one of the pods down from Donald and Goofy's pod, it states that the pod have been used before. Who the hell could've used it?

 

Not only that, Roxas was born in Twilight Town. Why the hell was he born in Twilight Town? It could be because it's basically Ventus' home. Its the last safe remnant of his life.

 

Also, the technology in the mansion ontop of that is really strange. A lot of it seems to be a mixture of old technology (the pods, the design, the way to enter the basement) and new technology (the monitors, computers, etc) so obviously it looks like DiZ had to modify the pods with his own technology to suite his needs. He needed to modify it to allow Sora to grow in his sleeping state a small well as to allow Naminé to be able to use her powers while Sora was asleep inside.

 

Anyhow, I think that's everything so far. Again, I haven't caught up with Unchained so please bare with me. This entire theory is probably just bull but I figured it'd be fun. ^^' I've always been interested in who used the pods before, so I figured this was a good thought. Lemme know what you guys think!

I am curious as to how a connection can be made between the unicorn-decorated Haunted Mansion and Master Ira, but I'm not so sure how sold I am on this being the possibility yet. I mean him having a mansion with tech in it isn't too far fetched, he did seem to be the scholarly sort out of the whole group. As to him trying to do this with Keyblade wielders...eh, I'm not getting that vibe from him. I'd probably have to actually witness and be shocked by it unfolding that way within the game itself before I buy into what feels like such a leap in character. Plus the impression I was getting from the trailer was that the Foretellers may no longer be present for some reason (I mean, why else would you need 5 more?), so if Ven is out and about just fine, then none of this would get to work out, not in the way you've described it at least.

 

Still, the fact that those pods must have been used by...somebody for...something at...some point is curious, and it would be strange to not touch up on that detail if we're willing to go back and explain how Castle Oblivion came to be anyway. And it's not like DiZ had any other interests in anyone other than Sora anyway, so he wouldn't be gathering up random people to experiment on himself (he wasn't that far gone), so it couldn't have been him. Of course, you could just explain that all those pods came from Castle Oblivion itself and DiZ and Namine simply transferred them over. DiZ might not have experimented with other people using those pods, but who else could have if not him or Ira? 

 

Organization XIII, that's who. Specifically Vexen. I mean, they did all sorts of experiments in that place, what with messing with memories, making replicas, putting memories in replicas, etc. For all we know they probably messed around with those pods too. Maybe they used them to store or experiment on the failed replicas they used or other specimens like Heartless or lesser-Nobodies that were deemed useless for anything else. Maybe they wanted to see if they could be used for other purposes. Plus, Donald and Goofy were already inside 2 of them already, and it seems likely that you'd wake up the moment you're out of them or it opens up, so they couldn't have been moved out of whatever CO pods they were in into those Mansion ones. They must have been in those same pods the whole time, and if Sora wasn't taken out of the same pod even when moved to Twilight Town, then neither were Donald and Goofy, so those pods must have come from CO too.

 

My point is, it's very tempting to try and find a way to tie Ira into the Mansion some how, but I'm not sure if the pods themselves are the way to do it. Not when you could just as easily argue that they came from somewhere else.